Living In Another World With A Farm Chapter 8369: Demon robe (1)

Zhao Hai surveyed the assembly with a composed expression before commanding, "Clean up the battlefield as fast as you can! Hurry!" The group responded instantly, moving with speed to clear the area. A brilliant white light erupted from Zhao Hai’s palm. With a casual flick of his wrist, the massive sword ascended from the earth, transforming into a towering giant. This titan formed a hand seal and bellowed, "Zhe!" Following the shout, the giant pressed its palms firmly against the soil.

As the giant’s seal struck the ground, glowing runes ascended from various points across Blood-eye Island. Observing the floating symbols, Zhao Hai manipulated his hands, causing the runes to shift positions and drift toward him. He then shouted, "Those who have finished cleaning up the battlefield, immediately go to those runes and dig holes under them. Each hole has to be ten meters deep. Hurry!"

The disciples obeyed immediately. Locating the runes, they began excavating the earth beneath them. They did not rely on manual labor; instead, they utilized spells to effortlessly carve thirty-foot-deep pits into the ground before placing the runes inside. Zhao Hai adjusted the positions of the runes once more with a wave of his hand. Subsequently, he produced several Dharma artifacts, embedding them into the eye of the formation and charging them with dark spirit.

By this time, the remaining disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect had arrived. Once the formation was fully established, Zhao Hai delegated its oversight to a subordinate. He stationed a thousand disciples to defend Blood-eye Island while the rest of the force followed him. Their objective was to strike the next target. They intended to seize several more islands while the Army of the Thirteen Families Alliance remained preoccupied with Blood Treasure Island.

Zhao Hai left such a significant garrison behind because the Thirteen Family Alliance was still unaware that Blood-eye Island had fallen. This allowed his forces to exploit the island's teleportation array to infiltrate and conquer neighboring territories.

Executing this plan, Zhao Hai transported his group to another island via the teleportation array. He immediately summoned the giant to seal the island's perimeter before launching the assault. Since Pan Qianlong had diverted the bulk of his forces to besiege Blood Treasure Island, the local defenses were incredibly sparse. Furthermore, because Zhao Hai’s team emerged directly from the internal teleportation array, the island’s external protective formation was rendered entirely useless.

After securing one island, Zhao Hai moved instantly to the next. Since the existing protective formations remained functional, he didn't need to reconstruct them, which saved a significant amount of time. Within a single night, they successfully captured five islands.

While Pan Qianlong and his allies were still focused on attacking Blood Treasure Island, Zhao Hai remained patient. He organized the Blood Slaughter Sect cultivators to rest in shifts, leading the elite units to continue the offensive. As one group grew weary, they were replaced by fresh troops. Through this method, Zhao Hai and his men spent another day seizing five more islands.

Capturing ten islands in a span of twenty-four hours was a staggering feat. Recognizing the need for a pause, Zhao Hai began systematically upgrading the arrays on each conquered island. Meanwhile, Pan Qianlong finally sensed that something was wrong. He ordered the cultivators of the thirteen families to contact every island under their jurisdiction. To his horror, he discovered that ten islands were completely unresponsive.

The revelation left Pan Qianlong reeling. He dispatched scouts to investigate the silence, only to confirm that the islands were now occupied by the Blood Slaughter Sect. Stunned by this development and realizing he could no longer conceal the situation, he reported the crisis to his superiors. Fearing further losses, he abandoned the siege on Blood Treasure Island and retreated with his men to Blood Mountain Island. He placed all remaining islands on high alert and urgently requested reinforcements.

Pan Qianlong’s retreat played right into Zhao Hai’s hands. Rather than pursuing, Zhao Hai focused on refining the arrays across the captured islands. After several days of labor, the modifications were complete, and he prepared to resume the offensive.

Blood Mountain Island was named for a towering peak that dominated its landscape. It stood as one of the primary hubs in the Blood Slaughter Sect’s Western Defense Line—second only to Blood Bone Island in size. Currently, however, it served as the main base for the Thirteen Families Allied Forces.

Pan Qianlong stood near the island's teleportation array, gazing out over the terrain in silence. After a long wait, the array pulsed with white light, and a man appeared. The newcomer looked to be in his forties, dressed in scholar’s robes and sporting a refined, three-pointed beard. He was handsome, with piercing eyes, and he idly fanned himself with a folding fan. Dressed in sky-blue attire, he possessed the air of a sophisticated Young Master.

Upon seeing the man, Pan Qianlong bowed deeply and said, "Greetings, senior brother. Please come in, senior brother." He gestured politely for the man to follow. It was clear that Pan Qianlong held this senior brother in high esteem, given his respectful demeanor and personal welcome at the array.

The scholar smiled and replied in a resonant voice, "Junior Brother, you’re too polite. Let’s go in together." The two walked toward the interior of the island. Shortly after, they arrived at a small hall. Once they were seated, attendants served spirit tea and withdrew.

Taking a sip of the tea, the scholar smiled and asked, "Junior Brother, I’ve heard that the Blood Slaughter Sect’s counterattack has been very fierce recently? Then can you tell me?" Clearly present to address the crisis, the scholar bypassed pleasantries and got straight to the point.

Pan Qianlong nodded and recounted the details of the Blood Slaughter Sect’s recent maneuvers. He concluded by saying, "Senior brother, that’s what happened. I don’t have any good ideas now, so I can only ask the Sect for help. I hope the Sect can organize the other Sects and send some more reinforcements." Pan Qianlong’s respect for his senior brother was immense. Though the scholar had not yet reached the Island Lord level and might even be weaker than Pan Qianlong in raw Cultivation, he was a brilliant tactician. He was the primary strategist for the Corpse Demon Sect, known as the Demonic Robe Scholar. While he had some reputation in the outside world, he was a highly prized Elder within the Corpse Demon Sect itself.

His title, the Demonic Robe Scholar, was derived from his sky-blue robes. Though they appeared elegant, they were woven from a treasure known as blue poisonous silk. This material was harvested from spiders that inhabited corpses; while the silk was a beautiful blue, it was saturated with lethal corpse poison. The garment was a formidable Dharma artifact in its own right, further enhanced by various exotic toxins to become a deadly weapon. The robe was the source of his fame.

However, while outsiders focused on his extraordinary attire, they overlooked his true weapon: his intellect. Within the Corpse Demon Sect, he was legendary for his cunning and resourcefulness. Consequently, when Pan Qianlong’s situation grew dire, the Corpse Demon Sect dispatched him to resolve the issue.

The Demonic Robe Scholar bore the uncommon surname Yi, and his full name was Yi Xuanming. After listening to Pan Qianlong, Yi Xuanming frowned and remarked, "So that’s the case. Does that mean that Zhao Hai personally admitted that their retreat was in preparation for a counterattack? Did he say what kind of preparations he would make?"

Pan Qianlong shook his head. "No, he didn’t. He didn’t say what kind of preparations he had to make. However, their counterattack this time was very fierce. Moreover, they have a large number of puppets. Although the combat power of these puppets is not very strong, there are many of them."

Yi Xuanming said in a deep voice, "This time, they were able to take down ten islands in one fell swoop, including the Blood Treasure Island. This really surprised me. Isn’t the Blood Treasure Island protected by the island-protecting formation? Why did he still lose it so quickly? Do you know what method they used to break the protective formation of the Blood Treasure Island?"

Pan Qianlong shook his head and said, "I really don’t know. When they attacked the Blood-eye Island, our attention was all focused on it. The Blood Treasure Island sent us a letter saying that they found enemies outside the island, but then there was no news. Not long after, the people of the Blood Slaughter Sect retreated, and we found that we could no longer contact the Blood Treasure Island. It was less than four hours. I really can’t think of how they broke the defense array of the Blood Treasure Island in four hours."

Yi Xuanming’s brow furrowed further. "It seems like someone from the Blood Slaughter Sect is very good at formations. Otherwise, they can’t possibly break the protective formation of the Blood Treasure Island in such a short time. Also, you said that the protective formation of the Blood Stone Island was also very difficult to break when they attacked it, right?"

Pan Qianlong nodded and said, "That’s right. The defense formation on Blood Stone Island was not difficult to break. We even have a weakness of the defense formation here, and we attack according to that weakness. In the past, this method was always successful, but now it’s not possible. We attacked for a long time and still couldn’t break the defense formation. Then, they directly came out of the island to fight back because it was the first time we met their puppets, and someone escaped. So we could only retreat at that time. I didn’t expect them to attack the next day."

Yi Xuanming said in a deep voice, "If that’s the case, it’s highly possible that the reason why the Blood Slaughter Sect has been retreating and not fighting us head-on is because they know that the defensive arrays on their various islands have flaws that have been exposed by someone. Therefore, they spent more than two months modifying all the defensive arrays on their islands. They only started to counterattack after they had completed the modification. If that’s really the case, then this enemy will be very difficult to deal with."

Hearing this, Pan Qianlong asked in confusion, "Oh? What do you mean, senior brother?" He failed to grasp the full weight of Yi Xuanming’s words. Even if the enemy had altered their formations, why would that make them so formidable? Even if the arrays were hard to conquer, surely they could still be defended against?